As Bernard M. Baruch once said‚ “Be who you are and say what you feel‚ because those who mind don’t matter‚ and those who matter don’t mind.” I was unaware that my opinion of myself was more meaningful than my peer’s opinion. I had a rough time figuring out who I was and who I wanted to be in my first few years of high school. The first chance I got to poke the popular bubble was taken‚ giving me one shot to embed myself into an exotic‚ unknown social group. What I didn’t know was that this social
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Jessica Schmidt Mr. Kelly English Composition I 1 March 2017 Soccer Ball The darkness is extremely overwhelming. I have been sitting in this bag for far too long. I can feel myself deflating. Suddenly‚ my gloomy home began to move‚ and a bright beautiful light from the sun appears above me. The rough big hands picked me up and placed me on the soft grass. I can feel the warmth of the bright sun on me. All the thoughts running through my head about what is going to be my task this time. I am
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when I entered to my first soccer team and I was also very short‚ my coach use to call me “el chaparro” which in english means “The short guy”. My parents didn’t force me to play‚ I wanted to play on my own. I wanted to play because when my dad took me to a soccer game at the Philadelphia Union Stadium I saw a famous soccer player named Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez‚ he signed my shirt and told me “Tu vas aser un gran futbolista.” which means “You’re going to be a great soccer player.”‚ and that’s what
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Eternal Love We were sitting in the doctor’s office when he told us‚ “your wife has breast cancer.” All of a sudden the room vanished and I found myself in a darker room‚ unable to feel anything. I wanted to cry but couldn’t. She was shocked‚ just like me. was staring into my eyes. “Don’t worry sweetheart‚” she said after a few minutes. “I am going to be OK.” She was smiling at me as if nothing had happened. I don’t know how she could be so fearless. We had been married for 23 years; we had shared
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Can you think of a time when you were feeling down and everyone else is having a good time? The best think you can do is cheer someone else up. That sometimes makes me feel better. Not to long ago I wasn’t cheerful around my friends. I was just having a bad day. Neither was my friend Mark. We both were on the same team for badminton in gym. Our other good friend Wade was cheating on us. So that was making Mark mad. I had to cheer Mark up to cheer myself up. Mark was mad as a bee gets when humans
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Outside Writing Assignment #1 Has the question‚ “ What do other people think of me?” ever crossed your mind before? It has crossed my mind before‚ which has led me to many questions. In this day and age people know how to handle a computer‚ I’d like to say I know more than your average bear. Many things are possible with a computer‚ like watching videos or listening to live streams. Every week or so a group of my friends speak about random topics‚ this particular week the gang decided to speak
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The Story of My Love 02/13/2013 Love is a crazy‚ strange‚ yet enticing game. Many think that they will never fall into its captivating lure; I am one of these people. If someone had told me back in April‚ when Aingeal and I were officially introduced that he would later become my Fiancée‚ I would have laughed at the mere thought. It’s quite funny how life works. We have had our share of problems but I never would have thought I would lose him so soon. Shortly before finishing the last of
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The Year I spent Easter Sunday in the Hospital To me Easter Sunday has always been a very important holiday. My whole family always gets together to celebrate it. We always go to the Ranch‚ and have lots of activities‚ and many kinds of delicious food. In the spring of 2010 I was expecting my first baby. It was a great feeling‚ but it turned out that his due date was on Holy Friday ‚ just two days before Easter Sunday. I had been feeling great during my hole pregnancy‚ so when I had my 39th
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Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie is an inspiring book about how people should value the precious time everyone has to live.Tuesdays with Morrie is the a story of a professor Morrie‚ his former student Mitch‚ and their final “class” with each other as Morrie is in the final stages of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Mitch taped their discussions together and transferred them into the book while also throwing in college memories of Morrie and himself. While transferring this‚ he lastly put in other important
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It is Saturday‚ September 17‚ 2011 at 1:00 am. I am watching a movie in the basement with Matt. My sister is fast asleep in her bed. My mom is looking over her mother‚ sleeping by her side. My dad is watching another show on The History Channel. The phone rings. My heart stops. Who could be calling at this time of night? What is wrong? Are Grandpap and Meemaw okay? Should I get the phone? Do I want to know? Moments later my father answers the phone. I wonder who called. I need to find
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